Brittany Shank—Meth Culture

I don’t know what happened to Brittany, but all the shady people around her who do things that don’t make sense are 100% the result of her meth use and all of her close friends and relationships being people involved in the meth culture. Unless you have experience with that world or the people in it, there is no trying to find logic to it. And everyone in that world lies even when the things they are lying about are not related to what you are investigating. I work in the criminal justice system and with people with all sorts of substance abuse issues. Meth users are probably the most difficult and frustrating populations to work with. Not because they are bad people, but there is something about that drug that seriously fucks with brain functioning.

For example her dealer/friend Ashley having her car “stolen” for months by a drug associate and then her ransacking garbage and finding a receipt that ties to the night Brittany disappeared? She could be lying, but I also 100% think she could be telling the truth. As fucking off with a “friends” car and then it reappearing months later all trashed is something quite common in that culture. And I can totally see a meth user digging through the garbage after they get their car back and taking pictures of it to find proof of which of her drug friends had stolen it, because that is typical meth affected behavior.

It is also entirely possible someone in the world had a hand in Brittany’s disappearance and others know about it or participated. But without solid evidence (like finding her body) all you are going to have is the tales and rumors of meth users, some straight lying, some just repeating gossip, and others who’s brains are so altered by the drug they wouldn’t know fact from fiction or just do weird shit that looks suspicious because meth.

Sad story and I feel bad for Brittany’s family. Especially her kids.